HMS Broke (1914)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Broke
Builder	J. Samuel White, East Cowes
Launched	25 May 1914
Acquired	August 1914
Fate	Resold to Chilean Navy in May 1920 Scrapped in 1933
Chile
Name	Almirante Uribe
Commissioned	1920
Decommissioned	1933
Fate	Scrapped in 1933
General characteristics
Class and type	Faulknor-class destroyer leader
Displacement	1,700 tons
Length	331 ft (101 m) o/a
Beam	32 ft 6 in (9.91 m)
Draught	11 ft (3.4 m)
Propulsion	6 White-Forster type water-tube boilers, steam turbines, 3 shafts, 30,000 shp
Speed	32 knots
Range	403 tons coal, 83 tons oil
Complement	197–205
Armament	As built; 6 × 4 in L/40 QF Mark VI, single mounting P Mk. XI 2 × twin tubes for 21 in (530 mm) torpedoes (4 × single in Botha) As rearmed; 2 × BL 4.7 in (120mm) L/45 Mark I, single mounting CP Mk. VI 2 × QF 2-pounder pom-pom Mk. II, single mounting HA Mk. II 2 × 4 in L/40 QF Mark IV, single mounting P Mk. IX 2 × twin tubes for 21-inch torpedoes

HMS Broke was a Faulknor-class destroyer leader of the Royal Navy, initially built for the Chilean Navy as the Almirante Lynch-class destroyer Almirante Goñi. The outbreak of the First World War led to her being purchased by the Admiralty in August 1914 shortly after her launching, and renamed HMS Broke. All of the class were present at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May to 1 June 1916, where Broke, out of control after hits from German ships, collided with the Acasta-class destroyer HMS Sparrowhawk, leading to the latter's loss. Broke saw action in several battles, and was resold to Chile after the conclusion of the war.